Hover.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. M. L. YOUNG.

HOVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21,1906.

MARY L. YOUNG, OF SHERMAN, NEW YORK.

HOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed April 21, 1906. Serial No. 313,049.

- eliminate the disadvantages of the stationary hovers ordinarily employed, such as piling and smoothering of the chicks and the diseases consequent therefrom.

To this end the invention comprises a hover which-may be adjusted to vary the distance between the floor and the ceiling and to thus compensate for the growth of the fowls.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the following description, references being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specific'ation,like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the hover. Fig. 3 is a detailed longitudinal section of the adjusting device, and Fig. 4 is a detailed longitudinal section of the frame of the hover.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a base 1, designed to rest upon suitable support and provided centrally thereof with a plate 2, formed with a central collar 3, within which is rigidly held a vertical post 4, that serves as a supporting element for the hover proper. This mode of securing the post 4 to the base 1 is purely arbitrary, and any other suitable devices may be employed for the same purpose.

The hover comprises a spider-frame 5 of cruciform shape, provided at the junction of its arms with opening 6, loosely surrounding the post 4. Ri idly secured to the ends of the cross-arms of t e frame 5 is an outer annulus 7, which has connection with an inner annulus 8, concentric therewith and spaced away therefrom. The sides and top wall of the hover are constituted of an inte ral section of textile or other flexible materlal 9, formed with a central aperture through which the post 4 passes.

The section 9 has its edge passed through the space between the annuli'7 and 8, as at Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof 10, and is securely-and tautly held by the connections of said annuli, such as screws 11. The portions of material which hang from the annuli are provided with longitudinal slits 12, arranged at regular angles, whereby a circular series of depending curtains 13 are provided, which constitute the side walls of the hover.

The hover thus constructed is suspended from the post 4 by virtue of its connection with a sleeve 14, formed with an annular outstanding flange 15 and carrying an adjusting set-screw 16, which frictionally engages the post 4. The hover is positively supported from the sleeve 14 by diagonal guy-wires 17, extending radially from said sleeve. The wires 17 are secured to the sleeve and the annulus 7 by any suitable connections, of which an operative form is disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4. The upper end of each wire 17 is passed through an aperture in the flange 15, and then said end is bent upon itself to form a closed loop, as shown at 18. The free end of each guy 17 is passed through an aperture therefor in the annulus 7 and is bent into the form of a hook, as at 19.

It is to be understood that the free ends of the guy-wires 17 may be secured to the sleeve 14 and annulus 7 in any manner desired,the showing of the drawings being a purely arbitrary disclosure.

Having fully described my invention, I claim- 1. A hover comprising a supporting-base, a vertical post, an open frame slidable u on said post, a section of textile fabric carried by said frame, a collar slidably mounted upon said post, means for retaining said collar in any position to which it is moved and guywires extending radially from said collar and connecting the samewith said frame.

2. A hover comprising a supporting-base, avertical post, an open frame slidable upon said post, a pair of annuli arran ed in concentric relation and carried by sai frame, a section of textile fabric carried by said frame and clamped between said annuli, a collar slidably mounted upon post, means for looking said collar at any selected position upon said post and guy-wires extending radially from said collar and having connection with said annuli.

3. A hover comprising a supporting-base, a vertical post, an open frame slidable upon said post, a pair of annuli arran ed in concen tric relation and carried by sai frame, a sec- IC O tion of textile fabric carried by said frame I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature alnal lglamped besween said1 annuli, a collar in presence of two Witnesses.

si e y mounte upon sai 0st, means or locking said collar at any sellected position MARY YOUNG upon said post and elements connecting said Witnesses: collar tosaid frame whereby the latter is posi- FREEMAN L. MORRIS, tively suspended from the former. H. F. YOUNG. 

